Entitlement to service connection
for bilateral foot disability claimed
as secondary to carbon
tetrachloride exposure.
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This is the CFR
Title 38 - Pensions, Bonuses,
and Veterans' Relief
Title: PART 17 - MEDICAL
Many service members use industrial solvents in regular military tasks
Benzene Tetrachloroethylene
(PCE or PERC) Acetone Trichloroethylene (TCE) Xylenes
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Nocebo responses explain up to 76%
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Some vaccine side effects are very real,
but many may be anxiety and misattribution.
Jon Stewart joins advocates in push to aid veterans exposed to toxins
“The bottom line is this: Our country exposed our veterans to poison
for years, and we knew about it,” Jon Stewart said.
Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Cost of Living Adjustments
The increases in amounts became effective December 1, 2021
VA revamps caregivers program: Those who already qualified must reapply
Caregivers currently in the program say they're being purged
VA Study Shows Black Men Twice as Likely to Develop Prostate Cancer as Whites
A review of nearly 8 million men seen at America's Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals found that Black
veterans had nearly twice the incidence of localized and advanced prostate cancer as white men.
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Breland v. McDonough, No. 20-2199 (Fed. Cir. 2022)
Breland served in the Army in Vietnam, 1965-1968. In 2006, Breland was diagnosed with carcinoma of the tongue;
he completed his treatments in January 2007. The VA Regional Office denied Breland’s claim for service connection.
VA Tests New Automated System that Could
The automated system being considered by the VA has proven to shorten the disability claims review process from
100 days to 2
under certain circumstances and conditions.
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Psychiatric Disorders and Type 2 Diabetes Often Go Together
Type 2 diabetes was most common among people with a sleep disorder
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